We were in Richmond this summer, and missed the re-enactment at St. John's that they do every Sunday. But we came on a Monday, and we did take the tour, and found it very interesting and enlightening. There's a lot of interest in that speech on the part of the Tea Party crowd, for whom Patrick Henry is a hero,... more

Go to http://www.historicstjohnschurch.org/ Click "Historic", click "Reenactments". We found this in a guidebook and decided to take a chance, assuming somebody would stand up and just recite Patrick Henry's speech. Nope, it is an entire reenactment of the Virginia convention on the day PH made his speech, held in the very church in which he did it. Jefferson and Washington... more

St. John's Episcopal Church was where Patrick Henry gave his "Give me liberty or give me death." In the graveyard adjacent to the church are buried Edgar Allen Poe's mother and George Wythe. The church has been added on to since the days of Patrick Henry but they have some of the original pews and pulpit that was there at... more

St. John's church was the church where Patrick Henry gave his famous "Give me liberty, or give me death!" speech that helped spark the Revolutionary War. It is also where George Wythe (law extraordinnaire) is also buried. St. John's church holds a great deal of Richmond, VA history and is a definitely a good attraction to visit, however, DO NOT... more